How it works
Finding somewhere to live off campus means signing a year-long lease with someone you've met once. This is an attempt to fix the information problem in that.
What this is for
Students cycle through a rental every year or two, so the things worth knowing — how long repairs take, whether deposits come back, what happens at renewal — leave with whoever moves out. Writing them down means the next person gets to know before they sign, and can raise it at the showing rather than discovering it in December.
This isn't a site for going after landlords. Plenty of them are good, and a well-run place deserves to be easy to find. Reviews are sorted by when people lived there, averages are plain averages, and we show the good ones as prominently as the bad.
How ratings work
- Every review has an overall score from 1 to 5, plus separate ratings for repairs, communication, deposits and lease terms, and the condition of the place.
- A landlord's rating appears from their first review, and the number of reviews behind it is always shown next to it. A score drawn from one tenancy is one person's year, not a verdict — read the reviews before you weigh it.
- Averages aren't weighted or adjusted. Older reviews stay visible with the years the person lived there, so you can judge how relevant they still are.
- If a property changes hands, reviews stay with the landlord who managed it at the time.
Who can post
Anyone with a school email, once per landlord. There are no accounts and nothing to sign up for. We check the address once and then discard it — here's exactly what that means.